Clinical Study
Prognostic Value of Serum Uric Acid in Patients on the Waiting List before and after Renal Transplantation
Table 1
Main characteristics of hemodialysis patients on the waiting list for renal transplantation.
| | Total (1020) | Uric acid < 428¥ (838) | Uric acid ≥ 428¥ (182) |
| Age (years) | 53.7 ± 11.1 | 54.1 ± 11.3 | 52.3 ± 9.9 | Sex (males) (%) | 58.9 | 59.3 | 65.4 | Race (Caucasians) (%) | 71.5 | 71.5 | 71.4 | Body mass index (kg/m2) | 25.5 ± 4.8 | 25.2 ± 4.6 | 27.1 ± 4.6 | Diabetes mellitus (%) | 39.6 | 41.7 | 37.9 | Dyslipidemia (%) | 35.6 | 34.1 | 41.1 | Smoking (%) | 24.4 | 25.0 | 24.8 | Hypertension (%) | 80.7 | 79.1 | 82.4 | Associated CVD (%) | 38.1 | 39.7 | 34.8 | C-reactive protein > 5 mg/L (%) | 56.5 | 56.0 | 57.9 | Uric acid¥ (mean) | 346 ± 104 | 310 ± 63 | 511 ± 89 |
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